Skimmer Missions Lets not have like 4 rail boats please

CMDR Plexus Ironrot

CMDR Plexus Ironrot
1 2km Trespass zone (You get wanted before you even get there)
2 2-5 Federal Rail Boats (yes they can kill you in 2 hits)

We don't need Ships with rails on these missions its makes it Extremely Difficult if not impossible to not be one shot killed by all 3 rail ships. Its bad enough that you get wanted before you even get there.
It took around a hr to get the mission done and around 10 srvs (got one shot a few times just getting out of the ship D: ) Not a fun time and not worth the 3mil offer
 
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Kamiyoda

Kamiyoda
CMDR Plexus Ironrot said:
1 2km Trespass zone (You get wanted before you even get there)
2 2-5 Federal Rail Boats (yes they can kill you in 2 hits)

We don't need Ships with rails on these missions its makes it Extremely Difficult if not impossible to not be one shot killed by a 3 rail ships. Its bad enough that you get wanted before you even get there.
It took around a hr to get the mission done and around 10 srvs (got one shotted a few times just getting out of the ship D: ) Not a fun time and not worth the 3mil offer
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What are you flying?

Er, Nevermind.
 

Dirtbird

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Okay, I've only ever met ships armed with lasers on these missions.
Oha, and I should read posts a bit more slowly....
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
I gave these up long ago as not worth it, especially since they took both the faction and the legal status off skimmers.
 

Aashenfox

Aashenfox
You just have to wait for them (patrols) to leave. Sometimes it takes 5 mins, sometimes as much as 15. When I go to a new area I check out all the skimmer missions in the hope of finding one (location) that's worth repeating, based on that, I know a few locations now where you can do them without deploying an SRV (constantly spawning on the ground, shootable from the air), but most of the ones with a ship patrolling I just abandon, they are rarely worth the wait time and there are easier targets out there. ;)

If your missions are always to a base with the patrol, probably best find some other way. When balancing these, FD made them very hit n miss, some are easily done from the air, some medium on the ground and some ridiculously hard, randomly.
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
CMDR Plexus Ironrot said:
Yeah but I am trying to keep the BGS steady here so I can make good money. This system goes to war alot and that really messes up my bottom line
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I guess you could just go with the "Kill 'em all, and let C'thulhu eat their souls" approach, storm the base with something with 3-5 plasmas, lay waste to the patrols, base defenses, skimmers and all in a glorious display of electrically charged cohesive gas. Since they're technically "enemy" ships protecting these bases, seems like they're legitimate targets as well.

I make far too many credits not supporting any faction, system or power to bother tethering myself. And don't forget the 34th Rule of Acquisition: "War is good for business."

War-profiteering is great business.
 

Vasious

Vasious
I usually look for PoI in the area of the target

No ship cover and the skimmers are wanted so no criminality yet still mission targets
 
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